People want shiny new things. I’ve had relatives say stuff like “I bought this computer 2 years ago and it’s getting slower, it’s awful how you have to buy a new one so quickly.” I suggest things to improve it, most of which are free or very cheap and I’d happily do for them. But they just go out and buy a brand new one because that’s secretly what they wanted to do in the first place, they just don’t want to admit they’re that materialistic.
Anon's PC works
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Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
ddplf@szmer.info 4 weeks ago
Can I have some tips too?
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 weeks ago
Reinstall the os clean. That’s usually why a new computer feels snappy: it’s just fresh.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Free:
- clean fans and heatsink - others mentioned, and the reason is better cooling so it doesn’t throttle
- kill unnecessary services - that’s why reinstalling works
- install Linux - not reasonable for everyone, but Linux uses far fewer resources
- delete old files - as disks get full, it takes longer to find somewhere for files to go; try to leave 10-20% free
- try a small overclock - many older CPUs can give a little more without upgrading cooling; only do it if temps look good
Relatively cheap (<$200 each):
- upgrade drive to NVMe - huge difference if running an HDD, still noticeable of running a SATA SSD
- add more RAM (only if you’re constantly running out)
- upgrade CPU - esp if AMD since they release lots of CPUs for the same socket
It really depends on what’s making it slow though.
kwomp2@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
People live in times of historic standstill. Society barely develops in a meaningful and hopeful way. Social relationships stagnate or decline. So they look for a feeling of progress and agency in participation in the market and consuming.
They don’t realize this because they aren’t materialistic enough, in a sense that they don’t analyse their condition as a result of political and cultural configuration of their lives so that real agency seems unavailable
Tikiporch@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Maybe your relatives don’t like you. It’s a petty but valid reason to ignore perfectly good advice.
VitabytesDev@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
I have heard that Windows underclocks your CPU over time, to make you buy a new computer, and so Microsoft can get money from the new PC’s preinstalled Windows license.
I am not really sure if that’s true though.
MrLLM@ani.social 4 weeks ago
I have heard that Windows underclocks your CPU over time
I would say this is half true. Microsoft is known for pushing lots of software updates with unwanted features, so it’s probably that a computer will feel slower over time.
However that’s not an underclock it’s just that the CPU can’t keep up with that much bloatware.
Soleos@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They’re invested in PC gaming as social capital where the performance of your rig contributes to your social value. They’re mad because you’re not invested in the same way. People often get defensive when others don’t care about the hobbies they care about because there’s a false perception that the not caring implies what they care about is somehow less than, which feels insulting.
Don’t yuck others’ yum, but also don’t expect everyone to yum the same thing.
TheSambassador@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Very well put! I’d also add that most people aren’t even really conscious that that’s the reason that they’re mad. There’s ways to express your negative opinion without stating it as a fact or downplaying the other person’s taste.
qarbone@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m very certain Anon isn’t just saying “nah, my rig works” to them when asked.
Maybe closer to “LMAO normies wasting money. fuckin coomsumers, upgrading for AAAA slop! LMFAO” into conversations they weren’t invited to.
SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I use a gaming laptop from 2018. Rog Zephyrus.
fan started making grating noise even after thorough cleaning, found a replacement on Ebay and boom back in business playing Hitman and Stardew.
Will I get 120 fps? nah. But yeah works fine. Might even be a hand me down later on.
echodot@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Absolutely it totally depends on what you got originally if you only got an okay ish PC in 2018 then it definitely still won’t be fit for purpose in 2025 but if you got a good gaming PC in 2018 it probably will still work in another 5 years although at that point you’ll probably be on minimum settings for most new releases.
I would say 5 to 10 years is probably the lifespan of a gaming PC without an upgrade.
However my crappy work laptop needs replacing after just 3 years because it was rubbish to start with.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It depends on what gaming you do. My 10 year old PC with 6 year old GPU plays Minecraft fine.
My other “new PC” is a mini PC with Nvidia 1080 level graphics and it plays half life Alyx fine.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
We replaced my mom’s warcraft machine 3 years ago. It replaced an athlonII from 2k7 at 14 years old. Your tank may be a 74yo grandmother so be nice.
jonne@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
And even then, a few strategic upgrades of key components could boost things again. New gfx card, a better SSD, more/faster RAM, any of those will do a lot.
RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
High end gaming laptops are about a 5 year cycle, presuming you want everything ultra or high settings.
If you don’t care, my old laptop with a 7700k and a 1070 still runs almost anything, just not as well as brand new top end.
Khrux@ttrpg.network 4 weeks ago
I built an overkill PC in February 2016, it was rocking a GTX 980ti a little before the 1080 came out, and it was probably the best GPU out there, factory overclocked and water cooled by EVGA. My CPU was an i5-4690k, which was solidly mid range then, but I overclocked it myself from 3.5GHz to 5.3Ghz with no issue, and only stopped there because I was so suspicious of how well it was handling that massive increase. I had 2TB of SSD spaceand like 8TB of regular hard drives and 16GB of ram.
Because I have never needed to think about space, and so many of my parts were really overpowered for their generation, I have always been hesitant to upgrade. I don’t play the newest games either, I still get max settings on Doom Eternal and Read Dead 2 which I forget are half a decade old. The only game where it’s struggled in low settings is Baldurs Gate 3 unfortunately, which is made me realise it’s ready to upgrade.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I use an ultrabook from 2017 to play Minecraft sometimes.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
If not playing competitive, there’s very little reason to go latest and greatest. Just buy something with software support, or use Linux where support is practically guaranteed for at least a decade
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Linux is actually a problem area here, because various crucial libraries for running games have limited support for hardware that old. I tried for a long time to get it working with stuff from 2012, my problems disappeared after upgrading my cpu recently. Something with Vulkan compatibility I think.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Any idea what? Wine/proton should abstract away all those issues
Metz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That is only really a problem for CPUs one would consider today as ancient like a Pentium 3 from 1999 because it doesn’t have e.g. SSE2 support. Everything after that should work without any problems.
With older or slower CPUs performance may suffer, of course, but that is not a compatibility question.
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 4 weeks ago
Did you try cleaning your PC and replacing the thermal paste before upgrading? Linux struggles with CPU temperature
P1nkman@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The computer I built in 2011 lasted until last summer. I smiled widely when I came to tell my wife and my friend, where my friend then asked why I was smiling when my computer no longer worked.
“Because more he can buy a new one” my wife quickly replied 😁
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
This makes me wonder how long my build from last year should last me.
InputZero@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m rocking a Ryzen 2700x since 2018, or early 2019, and it’s still working like a champ. Granted Cities Skylines 2 is a bit much for it but I’ve been playing Baulders Gate and Helldivers with about a 100 fps average.
Pringles@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Mine is from 2011 and still going strong. It had some upgrades like extra ram, ssd and a new gpu a couple of years ago and I had to replace the front fan. It starts making a horrible noise about 4 hours into a gaming session with a graphically demanding game, but apart from that it runs perfectly fine. I don’t really play demanding games usually so I don’t really care. When it finally dies, I might just swap out the motherboard and cpu and keep the rest. It’s my personal ship of Theseus.
blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
One upside of AAA games turning into unimaginative shameless cash-grabs is that the biggest reason to upgrade is now gone. My computer is around 8 years old now. I still play games, including new games - but not the latest fancy massively marketed online rubbish games. (I bet there’s a funner backronym, but this is good enough for now.)
Taalnazi@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
How about the CASH abbreviation?
Created, Acquired, Stocks, Horseshit
The order in which they develop.
kalpol@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m still pushing a ten year old PC with an FX-8350 and a 1060. Works fine.
Draces@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I didn’t think of my computer as old until I saw your comment with ten years and it’s gpu in the same sentence. When did that happen??
Liz@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
We reached the physical limits of silicon transistors. Speed is determined by transistor size (to a first approximation) and we just can’t make them any smaller without running into problems we’re essentially unable to solve thanks to physics. The next time computers get faster will involve some sort of fundamental material or architecture change. We’ve actually made fundamental changes to chip design a couple of times already, but they were “hidden” by the smooth improvement in speed/power/efficiency that they slotted into at the time.
kalpol@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I think I added the 1060 later if that helps :D
polyduekes@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
WordBox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Genuine curiosity… Why BSD?
Also… There were significant improvements with intel Sandy bridge (2xxx series) and parent is using an equivalent to that. Sandy+ (op seems to be haswell or ivy bridge) is truly the mark of -does everything-… I’ve only bothered to upgrade because of CPU hungry sim games that eat cores.
spookedintownsville@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Same here!
potustheplant@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
Fine for what? Youtube? That cpu had poor performance even when it was released.
kalpol@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Lol what? No it didn’t. It just runs really hot.
spookex@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
My trusty backup is still an FX8320, the main is an I7-8700k with 1070ti
kalpol@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
And it keeps you warm during cold snaps!
bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
They’re mad they spent 1k$ on a gpu and still can’t do 4k without upscaling on the newest crapware games
tyler@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
If people are pushing you to buy stuff, they are not friends. Do not listen to them.
Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
No, no see sir we are great friends!
Now let me tell you about this great $20,0000 Flatscreen that i get 30% commission on (welcome to bestbuy circa 2000)
(This is satire)
teije9@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
put linux on that beast and it’ll keep running new games til 2030
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I thought anon was the normie? The average person doesnt upgrade their PC every two years. The average person buys a PC and replaced it when nothing works anymore. Anon is the normie, they are the enthusiasts. Anon is not hanging with a group of people with matching ideologies.
Allero@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
Let’s just drop the word “normie” altogether.
The word is incredibly vague and fails to reflect the diversity of viewpoints and opinions. Everyone has their own perception of what is most common, so the definition varies wildly.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
The word is incredibly vague
isnt that, the point?
It’s supposed to refer to “normal” people. an incredibly broad and vague selection of people, who are, rather indistinct.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
These are PC gamers, their hobby revolves around computers.
It’s similar to how car enthusiasts might give you shit for driving a ten year old Camry, whereas most people won’t care.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Yeah, I’m with you anon. Here’s my rough upgrade path (dates are approximate):
- 2009 - built PC w/o GPU for $500, only onboard graphics; worked fine for Minecraft and Factorio
- 2014 - added GPU to play newer games (~$250)
- 2017 - build new PC (~$800; kept old GPU) because I need to compile stuff (WFH gig); old PC becomes NAS
- 2023 - new CPU, mobo, and GPU (~$600) because NAS uses way too much power since I’m now running it 24/7, and it’s just as expensive to upgrade the NAS as to upgrade the PC and downcycle
So for ~$2200, I got a PC for ~15 years and a NAS (drive costs excluded) for ~7 years. That’s less than most prebuilts, and similar to buying a console each gen. If I didn’t have a NAS, the 2023 upgrade wouldn’t have had a mobo, so it would’ve been $400 (just CPU and GPU), and the CPU would’ve been an extreme luxury (1700 -> 5600 is nice for sim games, but hardly necessary). I’m not planning any upgrades for a few years.
Yeah it’s not top of the line, but I can play every game I want to on medium or high. Current specs: Ryzen 5600, RX 6650 XT, 16GB RAM.
People say PC gaming is expensive. I say hobbies are expensive, PC gaming can be inexpensive. This is ~$150/year, that’s pretty affordable…
raker@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Almost exact same timeline, prices and specs here. Just went with the RX6600 instead after hardware became somewhat affordable again after crypto hype and COVID. Always bought the mid-lowend stuff of the then actual hardware, if upgraded wanted/needed. It’s good to read of non-highend stuff all the time though.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I only got the 6650 because it was on sale for $200 or something, I was actually looking for the 6600 but couldn’t find a reasonable deal.
I make enough now that I don’t need to be stingy on hardware, but I honestly don’t max the hardware I have so it just seems wasteful. I probably won’t upgrade until either my NAS dies or the next AMD socket comes out (or there’s a really good deal). I don’t care about RTX, VR kinda sucks on Linux AFAIK, and I think newer AAA games kinda suck.
I’ll upgrade if I can’t play something, but my midrange system is still fine. I’m expecting no upgrades for 3-5 more years.
repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I upgraded last year from i7-4700k to i7-12700k and from GTX 750Ti to RTX 3060Ti, because 8 threads and 2GB of vram was finally not enough for modern games. And my old machine still runs as a home server.
The jump was huge and I hope I’ll have money to upgrade sooner this time, but if needed I can totally see that my current machine will work just fine in 6-8 years.
spicytuna62@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m still rocking the 4790K. It’s been a damn good CPU.
echodot@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
My computer needs an upgrade now, but really what’s happening is I’m getting GPU bottlenecked, the CPU is still okay actually.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Upgrade the GPU, reveal the CPU bottleneck.
spicytuna62@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s where I was a couple years ago. Originally, I had an R9 290. Amazing card circa 2014, but its 4 GB of VRAM aged it pretty badly by 2020. Now I’ve got a 4070, which is way more than good enough for the 1080p60 that I run at. I’ll upgrade the rest of the PC to match the GPU a little better in the future, but for right now, I don’t need to. Except maybe for Stellaris.
But I just ripped a bunch of my old PS2 games to my PC because I felt like revisiting them. And my PS2 is toast. RIP, old friend. :(
GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
I feel this.
I went AM4 in 2017 when the AMD gave a leap forward at a reasonable price and efficiency.
Then I added a 3060 when one became available.
They’re both undervolted, and ticking along nicely.
I don’t plan to change anything until probably 2027. Heck, I’m still catching up to 2020 in my games backlog.
Brosplosion@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Doesn’t undervolting damage parts over time?
Alpha71@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
no. If anything, it helps them last longer.
mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Undervolting (when done correctly) won’t damage PC parts.
Yes, it reduces the voltage supplied to the components but CPUs and GPUs are designed to operate within a specific voltage range and you keep the voltage within this range. Even if you reduce the voltage below the recommended range, the system may become unstable but this doesn’t cause damage – it simply results in crashes.
danielsan256@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
In what possible way? Genuinely curious 🖖🏽
Randelung@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m playing XCOM: The Bureau (2013) right now on an 6700K (2015). Why touch a running system. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
SleafordMod@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
For me the most important reason to upgrade things is security updates. E.g. if you have an old smartphone it might not get security updates anymore.
Some people don’t seem to care, but I get paranoid about hackers breaking into my phone in some way.
ICastFist@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Phones suffer a lot from forced obsolescence. More often than not, the hardware is fine, but the OEM abandons it because “lol fuck you, buy new shit”. Anyone that says that a Samsung S7 “can’t handle current apps” is out of their mind
Other than camera and software, there’s hardly any reason to buy new phones over flagships from some years ago.
raker@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This. My mobile is over 6 years old. Security updates till 2022, but I don’t even mind sec updates. What concerns me more is buy-a-new-phone-every-year-because-reasons, because buy new shit and spybloatware. Skynet is the virus. My old one runs perfectly fine and I buy a new one if it is broken. Even critical apps like banking doing fine. It’s not like the whole architecture of the OS changes yearly, right?
SleafordMod@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
True. For my next phone I’m looking at how long security updates are promised for, so I can get something with long-term support.
RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
My current PC used for gaming is a self built one from 2014. I have upgraded a few things during the years, most notably GPU and memory, but it did an excellent job for over a decade. Recently it started to show its age with various weird glitches and also some performance issues in several newer games and so I’ve just ordered a new one. But I’m pretty proud of my sustainable computing achievement.
OR3X@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I originally built my current PC back in 2016 and only just “upgraded” it last year. I put upgrade in quotes because it was literally a free motherboard and GPU my buddy no longer needed. I went from a Core i5 6600K to a Ryzen 5 5500GT and a GTX960 4GB to a GTX1070. Still plays all the games I want it to, so I have no desire to upgrade it further right now. I think part of it is I’m still using 1080P 60Hz monitors.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
I was running one from 2011 up until 2 years ago when I finally hit a wall in a game I was trying to play and had to upgrade the processor (which meant a new motherboard, which meant new everything). Prior to that I had only upgraded the GPU a couple years prior which i really didn’t need but it was a present to myself and I was able to give the old one to my brother.
Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I also have a 2014-ish desktop. Over the years added an SSD and replaced the graphics card around 5 years ago.
I can still run most games on medium settings, even some new ones if they are properly optimized, but nothing crazy, 1080p.
I just started to feel that my rig is getting slower and even AA games become more demanding.
I fully support using hardware as long as possible to minimise e-wadte and see no reason to upgrade a PC every 2-3 years.
WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Similar story. The only upgrades I made to my 2014 desktop were a 1TB SSD and a used RTX2070 to play BG3 in 2023. I don’t care much for the latest multiplayer shoot em ups with simulated leg hair growth, but I can play most other titles from the past year at the highest graphical settings.
Dasus@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
see no reason to upgrade a PC every 2-3 years.
Like as in upgrading a component everyone few years? Sure.
Updating the entire rig everything few years? For the average user, very little point. It used to be you literally had to, to play them newest games. Around 00’s I’d say. Games are way more backward compatible nowadays. I had a rig from 2012, to which I updated GPU to a 1060 6gb in 2016. Now I updated the entire rig last year, except for the GPU, which I plan to updated in a few months when 5070/5060ti comes out.
For the average gamer I don’t think there’s really much need to update more than every five years and that’s still being pretty fresh. I can still play on the 1060, even Marvels runs although… eh. My GPU is clearly the bottleneck currently.
With a 5060/5070 I hope to manage till 2030 at least.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
My old builds go to the wife and her old PCs upgrade my NAS. By the time I’m done using the hardware it’s 10-12 years old. Wife only plays sims anyways. 2080 super is her upgrade to an AM4 3900x and 64gb of ram and 2) 2TB nvme drives. She will get plenty of life from that and then in 5 years, get my current rig. Cycle continues.
Juice@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
I buy old electronics for 1/10 of what new stuff costs, install Linux or Foss os, keep it for years without problems until hard drive goes
I don’t game on PC but neither do a lot of people who pay $2500 for a laptop, people who inevitably call me for tech help for basic shit.
What’s the point? I’d rather have the commons than like a mountain of consumer goods that all suck and are getting worse.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Still on a 1060 here. Sure, it’s too slow for anything from the PS5 era, but that’s what my PS5 is for.
It does have a 1 in 4 chance of bluescreening when I quit FFXIV, but I don’t know what’s causing that. Running it at 100% doesn’t seem to crash it, possibly something about the drivers not freeing shit properly, I dunno.
RBWells@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I showed this to my penultimate daughter, who coopted my (literal 2014) Dell PC, the only thing I’d ever done to it was add memory, it is a beast still. Said “look, your 4chan twin” and she cracked up. But if she does not steal it when she moves out I will probably be able to get ten more years out of it.
merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
if you had a top of the line pc in 2014 you’d be talking about a 290x/970/980 which would probably work really well for most games now.
A lot of the trending tech inflating minimum requirements nowadays are stuff like raytracing (99% of games don’t even need it) and higher FPS/resolution monitors that aren’t that relevant if you’re still pushing 1080p/60.
Hell, most games that push the envelope of minimum specs like Indiana Jones are IMO just unoptimised messes built on UE5 than legitimately out of scope of hardware from the last decade. Stuff like Ninite hasn’t delivered in enabling photorealistic asset optimisation but HAS enabled studios to cut back on artist labour in favour of throwing money at marketing.
HelluvaKick@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I will drive the 1660 Super until the wheels fall off
SeventySeven@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Maybe it’s just my CPU or something wrong with my setup, but i feel like new games (especially ones that run on Unreal Engine 5) really kick my computers ass at 1440p. Just got the 7900xtx last year and using a ryzen 9 3900xt i got from 2020 for reference. I remember getting new cards like 10 years ago and being able to crank the settings up to max with no worries, but nowadays I feel I gotta worry about lowering settings or having to resort to using upscaling or frame generation.
Games dont feel very optimized anymore, so I can see why people might be upgrading more frequently thinking it’s just their pc being weak. I miss the days where we could just play games in native resolution.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I still have my 2014 machine. I’ve upgraded it with an M.2 drive and more RAM. Everything else is perfectly fine and I wouldn’t see the difference with a newer machine. I’ll keep it for a long as I can because the longer I wait the better the machine I replace it with will be.
ramble81@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I want to say I upgrade every 6 years. Getting mid to upper specs and a mid range video card and it’ll last you for a long time.
Carvex@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Still rocking two GTX660s in SLI, they run solitaire and lemmy alright
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
i just upgraded this year, to an r9 5900x, from my old r5 2600, still running a 1070 though.
I do video editing and more generally CPU intensive stuff on the side, as well as a lot of multitasking, so it’s worth the money, in the long run at least.
I also mostly play minecraft, and factorio, so.
ryzen 5000 is a great upgrade path for those who don’t want to buy into am5 yet. Very affordable. 7000 is not worth the money, unless you get a good deal, same for 9000, though you could justify it with a new motherboard and ram.
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
If you don’t upgrade to Windows 11, you can’t use Recall, which is a great reason not to upgrade to Windows 11.
henfredemars@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
I upgraded to Linux. It worked out well for me since I mostly pay retro games and games from yesterday year.
Shortstack@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
I upgraded a Chromebook to Linux recently. That was a huge bump in performance that I wasn’t expecting, not even just for gaming.
Cheems@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I upgraded to Linux and can still play every game I’ve tried to play
raker@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If you want to stay with Windows for whatever reason, even 11, I can recommend Revision Playbook. It locks your installation and scrapes out the crap like unwanted updates and features like AI bullshit, Edge, Telemetry and whatnot. You can even manually install Apps from the Store without the Store if you like to. Security patches and selective updates come only via manual download from MS catalogue in my case, but you can automate this too with some tools.